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Definition of thanage in English: thanagenoun ˈθeɪnɪdʒˈθeɪnɪdʒ mass nounhistorical The tenure, land, and rank granted to a thane. Example sentencesExamples - There is convincing evidence that Akeld was the centre of a pre-Conquest thanage which also embraced the contiguous townships of Coupland and Yeavering.
- The lands of Arbuthnott from which the family takes its name originally formed part of a Celtic thanage.
- Salford itself was Royal Demesne as was the sub-manor of Radcliffe and there were 21 sub-manors in thanage.
- The town and the surrounding land was part of the old thanage of Glendonachie.
- The tower portion was built about 1420 by Sir Walter Innes, whose father had married Janet de Aberkerder, heiress to the thanage.
Origin Late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French (see thane, -age). Definition of thanage in US English: thanagenounˈTHānijˈθeɪnɪdʒ historical The tenure, land, and rank granted to a thane. Example sentencesExamples - Salford itself was Royal Demesne as was the sub-manor of Radcliffe and there were 21 sub-manors in thanage.
- There is convincing evidence that Akeld was the centre of a pre-Conquest thanage which also embraced the contiguous townships of Coupland and Yeavering.
- The lands of Arbuthnott from which the family takes its name originally formed part of a Celtic thanage.
- The town and the surrounding land was part of the old thanage of Glendonachie.
- The tower portion was built about 1420 by Sir Walter Innes, whose father had married Janet de Aberkerder, heiress to the thanage.
Origin Late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French (see thane, -age). |